tagged w/ Illegal Immigration
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Some people seem to think illegal immigration isn't a problem, not to sound like a bitch but you wouldn't if you or your parents were illegals and if they weren't your grandparents. And what's with everyone saying that this country was built on the backs of immigrates, i didn't know slaves migrated to this country it was built on slavery and free labor that's the truth. Wanting a better life is great but it's hard to say i want better life and can't get to where i come from and then claim you deserve to be a citizen because all you want to do is work and have a life for your family and kids. What about the guy who's family knows nothing else besides America and also wants a better life but can't achieve that because someone says i'll do the work cheaper and longer with no health coverage and no benefits, cash only.
In no other country can illegal immigrates demand anything, only in the great USA, so i say give them their citizenship, you want to claim to be true American citizen then pay taxes, you believe you have a right to the same health care and rights then you should pay for it. If we registered every illegal immigrate and then taxed them out the ass, set in place laws that had harsher penalties like actual jail time instead of a free trip home, i bet you people would think twice about running across the border or coming to America for vacation and staying. I'm just wondering why people feel if you say "you don't deserve shit and the fact you get taken advantage of is your own fault", their a racist and that America and should be open for any and everyone.
But it is your fault you get paid low wages and have no health care and get taken advantage of, since when is anything in this world for free..? why do you think that what you go through in your country gives you a right to come to another and make it hard on another man. Mexico's president even stated to the world "that illegals take the jobs that not even blacks want"
and he's damn right we've worked them since 1506 for FREE and the little bit of minimum wage blacks fought and died for won't go up cause someone with no papers will work for anything. Rules are set in place for a reason, they might suck but you can't make a change if your willing to be happy eating shit all you do is make it stink for the rest of us.
Not only would it help us out with our hugh debt, create jobs and force us to over haul the entire system cause you know someones gonna get mad and swear a great injustice but wheres the justice for us actual tax paying, social security card carrying citizens...?
i love George Lopez but he's an idiot to think that illegal immigration only upsets white people as if AMERICANS don't need a job. He represents his country to the fullest yet we as Americans don't have the same right?. If we flooded his country and under cut his fellow men,push them out of jobs then tell them you really don't want to work this job let me do it as well as stressed the medical system and basically did what we wanted in Mexico they claim the capitalist Americanos were destroying his homeland and we'd just continue to be the big mean super power.
i think any time people think it's OK for any group of people to break the law to better your self, at the expense of others.....your the true capitalist, liar, cheat and thiefSome people seem to think illegal immigration isn't a problem, not to sound like a... more
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The bleeding kept her up all night, drenching her black-and-white-striped jail uniform.
Alma Chacón feared her baby would arrive early. Her nightmare had started with a traffic stop a day earlier. She'd been weeping since. "What if the baby is born here, in the jail?" she thought.
In the afternoon, she was shackled and transported to Maricopa County Medical Center, where she gave birth in a "forensic restraint." She couldn't hold her baby daughter or kiss her. She could only watch as hospital personnel carried the infant out the door. She wouldn't see the baby for 72 days.
This is the kind of treatment immigrants are getting in Maricopa county, under the watch of controversial Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Do you think that being undocumented strips you from your human rights?The bleeding kept her up all night, drenching her black-and-white-striped jail... more
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SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco board of supervisors is expected to vote Tuesday to overturn a city policy that has been at the center of a national debate over offering illegal immigrants sanctuary.
The policy, ordered by Mayor Gavin Newsom last summer, requires the police to contact Immigration and Customs Enforcement whenever they arrest a juvenile on felony charges who they suspect is in the United States illegally. Since the policy took effect in August 2008, more than 100 undocumented minors have been turned over to federal immigration authorities.
Mr. Newsom has said that the ordinance is necessary to prevent young criminals from using the city’s so-called sanctuary policy, which prevents local agencies from cooperating with federal immigration officials, as a shield from prosecution.
“Sanctuary city was never designed to protect people who commit crimes,” said Nathan Ballard, a spokesman for Mr. Newsom.SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco board of supervisors is expected to vote Tuesday... more
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A Southern California immigrant rights group on Friday asked Target stores and a costume company to stop selling a Halloween “illegal alien” costume it said is offensive to immigrants.A Southern California immigrant rights group on Friday asked Target stores and a... more
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Eight years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the United States still has no reliable system for verifying that foreign visitors have left the country.Eight years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the United States still has no... more
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WITHOUT PAPERS chronicles the lives of two immigrants attending college in Los Angeles as they struggle to overcome their undocumented status.WITHOUT PAPERS chronicles the lives of two immigrants attending college in Los Angeles... more
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In an effort to soften immigration detention centers, Janet Napolitano, the current Director for the Department of Homeland Security under the Obama administration, has commented that among other ideas, the presdient has mentioned the notion of converting hotels into new detention centers.
This is a even a cheaper way than hiring them to clean hotel rooms!In an effort to soften immigration detention centers, Janet Napolitano, the current... more
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In the last months, we have been listening to different voices in the Latino community asking us to boycott the Census count for 2010. Some of the “Lideres” argue that Latinos should refuse to be counted until the federal government moves forward with Comprehensive Immigration Reform.
Not being counted in the census could have a few consequences. Politicians will not see Latino constituencies in their district, therefore could decide not to push for issues of a community that doesn’t not exist. Non-profit organizations, in particular those serving immigrant communities could receive less funding from government grants and foundations. If the population they are serving is less than what’s needed, then the money they would receive would be lower.
But on the other side of the debate, community leaders also see this moment as a chance to refuse to cooperate with the federal government, and in general with the establishment. The question is, is is worth it? Should the Sleeping Giant continue sleeping? Or should the giant be acknowledged as a political force in the ever-changing demographics of the United States?In the last months, we have been listening to different voices in the Latino community... more
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PHOENIX - The number of immigrants who died while sneaking across Mexico's border with America is expected to surpass the previous year's total, even as fewer people are getting caught entering the country illegally.
The U.S. Border Patrol says 378 people perished near the border during the 11-month period that ended Aug. 31. The death toll is likely to rise in the coming days as the government finishes its tally for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30.
Immigrant-rights advocates say the numbers reflect deep flaws in America's border enforcement, because as the Border Patrol puts more agents and technology in certain spots, smugglers turn to more remote migration routes where enforcement is weaker, thus exposing their clients to more perilous conditions, such as triple-digit summer heat.
"There is a very large increase in the rate of deaths, despite the economic downturn, less immigration and the increase in the number of Border Patrol agents. This shows that our border strategy is having a truly horrifying cost in human lives," said Kevin Keenan, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego and Imperial Counties in California.
...More...PHOENIX - The number of immigrants who died while sneaking across Mexico's border with... more
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Media Matters is going after Lou Dobbs, again. Dobbs, CNN on air personality and self styled advocacy journalist, has been under increasing pressure for his anti immigration, anti brown people rhetoric. Eric Burns, President of Media Matters for America, sent out an email asking readers to "add your voice to the growing number of Americans who are unwilling to stand by while poisonous hate is broadcast in our media."
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Is Dobbs guilty of spreading poisonous hate, or is he a misunderstood patriot trying to protect the American way of life?Media Matters is going after Lou Dobbs, again. Dobbs, CNN on air personality and self... more
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LOS ANGELES — A clothing maker with a vast garment factory in downtown Los Angeles is firing about 1,800 immigrant employees in the coming days — more than a quarter of its work force — after a federal investigation turned up irregularities in the identity documents the workers presented when they were hired.
The firings at the company, American Apparel, have become a showcase for the Obama administration’s effort to reduce illegal immigration by forcing employers to dismiss unauthorized workers rather than by using workplace raids. The firings, however, have divided opinion in California over the effects of the new approach, especially at a time of high joblessness in the state and with a major, well-regarded employer as a target.
Immigration officials said they would now focus on employers, primarily wielding the threat of civil complaints and fines, instead of raids and worker deportation.
“Now all manner of companies face the very real possibility that the government, using our basic civil powers, is going to come knocking on the door,” Mr. Morton said.
The goal, he said, is to create “a truly national deterrent” to hiring unauthorized labor that would “change the practices of American employers as a class.”LOS ANGELES — A clothing maker with a vast garment factory in downtown Los Angeles... more
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Create the best 30 second video you can that makes the case for passing health insurance reform in 2009. This is a complex and often personal issue, and there’s way more angles to cover than anyone can squeeze into 30 seconds. So here are some themes to consider as you choose what to focus on:Create the best 30 second video you can that makes the case for passing health... more
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Federal agents opened fire Tuesday on three vans carrying at least 70 people suspected of being illegal immigrants when the drivers of the vehicles tried to crash through a California border crossing that is considered the busiest such crossing in the world, officials said. Four people were injured.
The border was closed for several hours after the incident, which occurred at around 3:25 p.m. local time at the San Ysidro crossing. Federal immigration and customs agents fired their guns during the incident, officials said. Three passengers in the van were injured and taken to local hospitals, and a passenger in a separate vehicle was also injured. No agents were hurt, and none of the injuries were considered life-threatening.
The San Diego Police Department is investigating the shooting. Federal agents are questioning the passengers, who have been detained.Federal agents opened fire Tuesday on three vans carrying at least 70 people suspected... more
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In a nutshell, it will cost $6.5 billion over the next 20 years to maintain the fence along the U.S.-Mexico border. However, despite the fact that $2.4 billion has already been spent to build 633 miles of fence along the southwest border, there's no way to evaluate cost-wise whether the fence has helped to control the flow of illegal immigrants.
If there is a will, there is a way. And beleive me the illegal immigrants crossing our border have huge expectations of America and won't let a fence stop them from getting here. This is a huge waste of money and I believe it's nothing but racially-set political propaganda. What do you think.In a nutshell, it will cost $6.5 billion over the next 20 years to maintain the fence... more
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President Obama said this week that his health care plan won't cover illegal immigrants, but argued that's all the more reason to legalize them.
He also staked out a position that anyone in the country legally should be covered - a major break with the 1996 welfare reform bill, which limited most federal public assistance programs only to citizens and longtime immigrants.President Obama said this week that his health care plan won't cover illegal... more
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DALLAS — As immigrant children and their parents depart a disparaged former Texas prison that housed them while they awaited decisions in their immigration cases, advocates are questioning if the government has fully thought out what happens to the families now.
Federal officials announced last month that the T. Don Hutto facility in Taylor would no longer hold immigrant families and they instead would be detained at the much smaller Berks Family Residential Center in Leesport, Pa. But with only 84 beds — and more than 100 people once housed at Hutto — some advocates wonder if there will be enough space, or if immigrants will be released.
"We still have a lot of questions and would like to hear more details," said Denise Gilman, of the Immigration Clinic at the University of Texas School of Law, which along with other advocates filed a lawsuit contending that family detention at Hutto was inhumane.
Hutto is set to stop holding immigrant families by the end of the year, government officials say, and families have slowly been leaving. Instead of transferring the families to Berks, the government has been trying to process the cases of families at both facilities.
The Texas facility went from holding 127 men, women and children last month to just 22 people this week. They were either deported to their home countries or released while they pursue asylum or another immigration status to remain in the U.S.
As the change takes place, advocates are watching to see if the Pennsylvania facility has better conditions, if cases are handled fairly and if new problems arise because of the shift.DALLAS — As immigrant children and their parents depart a disparaged former Texas... more
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Hip clothing maker American Apparel Inc. will lay off more than a quarter of its factory work force in Los Angeles amid a probe by U.S. immigration authorities -- an early indication of how the Obama administration crackdown on employers of illegal immigrants could play out.
In early July, the company announced that it had been notified by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, that 1,600 of it is 5,600 factory employees, who are largely Hispanic immigrants, might be in the U.S. illegally. An American Apparel spokeswoman said that about 1,500 workers would be terminated in coming weeks.
In a letter to employees in English and Spanish, Chief Executive Dov Charney said he was "deeply saddened" that the company has to shed workers who have been at the company for several years.
Mr. Charney, a champion of immigration reform, promised to give the workers priority for jobs when "you are able to get your immigration papers in order."
Virginia Kice, an ICE spokeswoman, declined to comment on the American Apparel dismissals. She said that whenever the agency conducts an audit, "we get back to the company with specific documents about individuals working without employment authorization. It is incumbent upon the employer to determine the appropriate next steps."
On July 1, Department of Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano announced that ICE, a unit of her agency, had begun audits of 652 companies as part of a new strategy to focus immigration enforcement on employers. That number has since grown, according to ICE officials. By specifically targeting employers, the agency is reversing its tactics during the Bush administration, when it relied on high-profile raids at factories. The raids rounded up hundreds of workers but rarely resulted in penalties for the companies.
American Apparel is likely to face thousands of dollars in penalties for hiring workers who weren't eligible to be employed. The government has said fines may exceed $800 per employee.
Companies that employ low-skilled workers in agriculture, manufacturing and hospitality have been bracing for the crackdown, saying they have no way to ascertain whether the identification presented by workers to secure jobs is authentic.
As of Sept. 8, all federal contractors will need to use an electronic system known as E-verify to determine the employment eligibility of new hires and the validity of their Social Security numbers. Critics say the system is imperfect and encourages racial profiling.Hip clothing maker American Apparel Inc. will lay off more than a quarter of its... more
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Some Texans were denied passports to cross the border when their birth certificates were ruled invalid because they were born by midwife
Are this Americans as Americans as the rest of Americans?Some Texans were denied passports to cross the border when their birth certificates... more
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Can the U.S. government take a woman's baby from her because she doesn't speak English? That's the latest question to arise in the hothouse debate over illegal immigration, as an undocumented woman from impoverished rural Mexico — who speaks only an obscure indigenous language — fights in a Mississippi court to regain custody of her infant daughter.
This indigenous mother could lose custody of her baby girl because she is indigenous.
Does the fact that she does not speak English poses a danger for her daughter?Can the U.S. government take a woman's baby from her because she doesn't speak... more
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